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Here in Phoenix the weather is now hot! Phoenix Comicon saw 110 degrees or so. I meant to post a weather warning, but living here, you tend to forget. I tend to avoid going out midday when possible. Going out in the morning and night, when the weather cools.

Just a heads up, I set up a new laptop. Wider screen, I love it. I installed Manga Studio (now Clip Studio). I've also been updating my reference folders (printing lots o stuff), and it's been time consuming. Not much time for drawing, so I'd dropped off to get that done. You have to have working tools.

I used to work with flexible references, say taking a photo of myself in a certain pose or something. However, being in a wheelchair sucks and limits that. So now, I've had to really rethink how I work. Funny how one change can completely wreck your working habits.

Summer solstice is coming up, I hope you enjoy the rise of the summer season. Stunning image featured below is hitogata.

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I grew up in rural Mississippi in poverty. I have always been one part dreamer, one part do-er. So I spent my childhood chasing the sun through the trees and drawing unicorns and bugs and birds with colored jewels in their foreheads. I managed to work through a Bachelor's degree in art but by my graduation my health was failing. (My training was in Printmaking, lithography and linocut primarily.) I took a detour from grad school and managed with teaching and making art in the field until I finally got the news.

I went 10 years before a neurologist discovered a large mass in my spine. It is inoperable, but life threatening if it continues to grow. I went through radiation to chance stopping the growth; the damage to my spine and body from radiation has been difficult. Afterwards, I've lost most of my ability to walk and constantly deal with severe chronic nerve pain.

In many ways I'm tremendously reclusive. I don't think I made a conscious decision to start making art that was extremely personal but it somehow became my means of communication and conversation. Making a beautiful piece is part of my perfectionist personality, making a piece that says something personal is my way of connecting. I do that through a formula of one part reality, one part fantasy.

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